Guest Artist, Tuba

Mr. Amis was born and raised in Bermuda. He began playing the
piano at a young age and upon entering high school took up the
tuba and developed an interest in performing and composing music.
A Suite for Bass Tuba, composed when he was 15, marked
his first published work. A year later, at age 16, he enrolled in
Boston University where he majored in composition. After
graduating from Boston University, he attended the New England
Conservatory of Music where he earned a Masters Degree in
composition.

Mr. Amis has been commissioned to write for the annual Cohen
Wing opening at Symphony Hall in Boston, the Massachusetts
Instrumental Conductors Association, the Belmont High School
Symphonic Band, the Gardener High School Band, the New England
Conservatory Wind Ensemble, and the College Band Directors
National Association. Ken has composed a number of works for band
including The Reckoning, Sinfonia Concertante,
Grenadiers of Liberty, The Playground Ball, and
Rondo alla Kolo.

As a tuba player, Mr. Amis has performed as a soloist with the
English Chamber Orchestra and has been a member of the Tanglewood
Festival Orchestra and the New World Symphony Orchestra. He has
served on the faculties of Boston University, the Boston
University Tanglewood Institute, and the Pacific Music festival
in Japan. Ken is presently the tuba player of the Empire Brass
and occupies the International Brass Chair at the Royal Academy
of Music in London.